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Wednesday, 11 January 2012

EXCLUSIVE: PRODUCER SCOFFS AT SUGABABES RUMOURS

The Sugababes reunion rumours took another hit today as rumoured producer Professor Green denied involvement, writes Cyclone.
The British rapper Professor Green – real name Stephen Manderson – scoffed at reports that he’s working with a reunited Sugababes.
The girl group’s much loved original members – Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy – are said to be back in the studio, although they can’t actually record or perform under the name ‘Sugababes’.
Speculation about a rebooted Sugababes spread online when two of the group’s founders tweeted about working with Manderson last week. “Hanging out in the studio with @professorgreen and two lovely ladies with bags of talent :-p lol,” Buchanan wrote.
Manderson, returning to Australia to perform at the Future Music Festival, says it’s all a beat-up.
“Oh, no, no, no,” he laughs at the speculation. “People got the wrong end of the stick.
“I was in the same studio [complex] then that I’m in now.”
Now a pop franchise, Sugababes have had more line-up changes – and dramas – than the old Destiny’s Child. The current incarnation of Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen last presented Sweet7 in early 2010.
Popjustice reported that a reunion album is progressing, with the trio now managed by Felix Howard, co-writer of their early single Overload.
Buena, dropped by her label after 2007’s solo debut Real Girl, has denied the Sugababes talk, tweeting to a fan, “No track [with] keisha or professor G he was around tha studio. im jus workin on my stuff @ tha moment.”
Buchanan’s camp maintains that she’s wrapping up an album of her own.
Today Manderson said, “You have a producer called Naughty Boy on the ground who did [my songs] Kids That Love To Dance and Astronaut. Then on the next floor up you have Craze & Hoax who did Heaven for Emeli [Sandé] – and then you’ve got some stuff [from them] on my next record. Then you’ve got Sunny, who did Do For You and Forever Falling for me – and then the producer on the top floor, Mojam, who did Avalon, Remedy and Monster. So it’s just a whole different bunch of people.
“I just happened to be in the building at the same time as Keisha.”
Oddly, Popjustice suggested that some of the aforementioned producers – and Sandé – are involved in the “Origababes” project.
Manderson, who issued his second album, At Your Inconvenience, late last year, is aghast that even the Guardian has picked up the story. But he’s used to dealing with gossip now.
“It’s amazing – like I’ve opened papers to find out so much stuff about myself!
“If I wanna find out if I’m in a relationship or not, I just read Heat magazine.”

If you've always wanted to go and hang around backstage at Dancing on Ice, this might be your lucky morning. Because you can go behind the scenes at Dancing on Ice, but also remain on your sofa eating a cheese toastie in your pyjamas while you take a look at these snaps, taken behind the scenes of the show as the celebs got ready for the first episode of the show on Sunday night.
Blue Peter presenter Andy Akinwolere became the first celebrity to be voted off the new series in Sunday night's episode when he lost a skate-off against Sugababes singer Heidi Range, who's pictured having her make-up done in the snaps.

Jennifer Ellison - who showed off the results of her massive weight loss on the show - is also seen having her hair done, while former contestant Chesney Hawkes - well, we say former contestant, he never actually made it on screen - poses with his leg in a cast.

Heidi Range in make-up

Poor Chesney Hawkes was ruled out of the show when he injured his ankle

Rosemary Conley gets her lippy done

Jennifer Ellison: new skinny body, new massive hair

The cast hang out backstage

The first episide of Dancing on Ice was a bit disappointing for ITV, after the first show attracted 700,000 fewer than last year's opener. And nearly one million of the 8.6 million who first tuned in avoided the results show later, when former Blue Peter presenter Andy Akinwolere was voted off. Ouch.
New host Christine Bleakley, 32, who replaced Holly Willoughby, also failed to impress some viewers, with Twitter users calling her bland, rigid and boring.
The main show also peaked at 9.5 million, against last year's 10.7 million high, and The Skate-Off got 6.5 million compared with 2011's 7.4 million.
No pressure Bleakley, but things seemed to go better when Holly Willoughby became Holly Willoughbooby. Just a thought.

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The Jade Ewen Story so far...

Jade Almarie Louise Ewen (born 24 January 1988) is an English singer, songwriter, actress and member of the Sugababes. Ewen began her singing career in the girl group Trinity Stone signed to Sony BMG in 2005, but they disbanded in 2007 with no album released. In 2009, she represented the UK at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest performing the Andrew Lloyd Webber / Diane Warren penned "It's My Time" after winning the UK national selection. She achieved 5th place, cementing her as the most successful British Eurovision act since 2002. She replaced Keisha Buchanan in the Sugababes in September 2009, while at the time still signed to Polydor Records.

Ewen was born and brought up in Plaistow, London, to a Jamaican mother, Carol and a Scottish-Sicilian father, Trevor. Trevor is blind and partially deaf, while Carol is partially blind. Ewen was a carer to both her parents and two younger siblings, Shereen and Kiel.She received a scholarship to the Sylvia Young Theatre School. As a student at Sylvia, she appeared in The Bill, Casualty and Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle.Ewen also won the part of Nala in The Lion King at the West End at the age of twelve. Ewen appeared in the children's dance DVD, entitled How To Dance. She also featured briefly in the video for pop rock band Busted's "What I Go to School For".

Between 2003 and 2004 she appeared in the Australian series Out There. In 2005, Ewen became a member of the girl group Trinity Stone which was signed to Sony BMG. The group disbanded in 2007. She later recorded with rapper Kwamé, who was impressed with her work on MySpace. She released a digital single, "Got You" in 2008 under Kwame's Make Noise label. Ewen co-wrote the song "A Little Bit" for the girl group Booty Luv and also "Let Me Be Me" for Jessica Mauboy. In early 2009, Ewen acted in the first episode of the series, Myths.

In January 2009, Ewen was approached and participated in the UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. She was eventually selected to represent the UK with the song "It's My Time" composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber who accompanied her on piano onstage. Ewen was signed with Polydor Records in February and began working on her debut album. In May Ewen finished in fifth place, the highest placing for the United Kingdom since 2002.

In September 2009, it was announced that Ewen had joined the Sugababes as the replacement for Keisha Buchanan.While her second single, "My Man" had been released in the same week, promotional activities for the single were cancelled. Although the single still managed to reach #35 in the charts. In an interview with the BBC, Ewen confirmed her commitment to the Sugababes as her main priority and that her solo album was put on hold. "About a Girl" later debuted at number eight in the UK. Sweet 7 was released in early 2010 after multiple delays from late 2009, and charted at #14 on the UK albums chart. In late 2010 Jade was revealed as the new face of Miss Ultimo lingerie, modelling the lingerie fashion lines Autumn/Winter collection for 2010.

A Brief History of The Sugababes

Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Guinness Book of World Records have named the Sugababes as the most successful female act of the 21st century with six UK number one singles and eighteen UK top ten hits.

Sugababes were formed in 1998 by founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. In 2001, after just one album and some initial success, Donaghy departed and the introduction of Range in the same year was met with the commercial success. The group survived a second line-up change in December 2005, when Buena left the band and was subsequently replaced by Berrabah. In September 2009, it was confirmed that after eleven years in the band, Buchanan was no longer part of the group and had been replaced by Jade Ewen.